Beatrice Davis pictorial material and realia, 1919-1987

MLMSS 7638/Folder 22X
MLMSS 7638/Box 23X

series

1919 - 1987

447392

1 outsize box and 1 outsize folder

1947; Etching of tree in landscape, titled 'In the South Land', signed and numbered [10/15] by Quinton F. Davis for Dick Jeune BB (Call No.: MLMSS 7638/22X)

1947; Etching of tree in landscape, titled 'In the South Land', signed and numbered [11/15] by Quinton F. Davis for Beatrice [Davis] (Call No.: MLMSS 7638/22X)

Silver gelatin photographs, b&w and sepia toned:

1919; Beatrice Davis with her father, Colonel Charles Herbert Davis, mother Emily Beatrice, and brothers, Charles Deloitte and John, outside the Anzac Buffet, Sydney, Oct. 1919. Labelled Pic 1 on back of photograph by A. W. (Tony) Barker. (Call No.: MLMSS 7638/22X)

1937; Frederick Bridges (Photo by Harold Cazneaux). Labelled Pic 2 on back of photograph by A. W. (Tony) Barker. (Call No.: MLMSS 7638/22X)

194-; Beatrice Davis (right) with Hugh McCrae and one of his daughters. Labelled Pic 3 on back of photograph by A. W. (Tony) Barker. (Call No.: MLMSS 7638/22X)

1951; Beatrice Davis at home at Folly Point (10 x 12.5 cm) (Photo by Quinton F. Davis). Labelled Pic 4 on back of photograph by A. W. (Tony) Barker (Call No.: MLMSS 7638/22X)

ca. 1958; Angus & Robertson gathering in Beatrice Davis' studio. Left to right: Judy Fisher (Wallace), Beatrice's secretary; Bill Hughes, sales manager; Frank Thompson; Paul Tracy, production manager; Beatrice Davis; George Ferguson; Lyle Blair, Director of Michigan State University Press; Alec Bolton. Labelled Pic 6 on back of photograph by A. W. (Tony) Barker (Call No.: MLMSS 7638/22X)

1953; Beatrice Davis with Colin Simpson and his wife, Claire, at the launching of his book, Adam with Arrows (Angus & Robertson, 1953). Labelled Pic 7 on back of photograph by A. W. (Tony) Barker. (Call No.: MLMSS 7638/22X)

196-; Beatrice Davis at Folly Point (Photo by Douglass Baglin). Labelled Pic 9 on back of photograph by A. W. (Tony) Barker. (Call No.: MLMSS 7638/22X)

1962; Beatrice Davis with Stephen Murray-Smith and T. A. G. Hungerford at the Adelaide Festival during Writers' Week, 1962. Labelled Pic 10 on back of photograph by A. W. (Tony) Barker. (Call No.: MLMSS 7638/22X)

1962; Beatrice Davis with Xavier Herbert at the Adelaide Festival during Writers' Week, 1962. Labelled Pic 11 on back of photograph by A. W. (Tony) Barker. (Call No.: MLMSS 7638/22X)

1987; Beatrice Davis with Manning Clark at the launching of the sixth volume of his History of Australia at Co-Op Bookshop, Sydney, 31 Aug. 1987. Labelled Pic 12 on back of photograph by A. W. (Tony) Barker. (Call No.: MLMSS 7638/22X)

1951; Beatrice Davis at home at Folly Point (27.5 x35.2 cm) (Photo and signed by Quinton F. Davis) (Call No.: MLMSS 7638/22X)

Date unknown; Photograph of, and signed by, Hugh McCrae: 'Yours forever / Hugh McCrae' (Call No.: MLMSS 7638/22X)

Date unknown; Photograph of, and inscribed by, John Blight: 'To / Beatrice / affectionately / John' (Photo by Howard Harris) (Call No.: MLMSS 7638/22X)
Date unknown; Pen & ink drawing, titled 'The Drover's Wife' (Call No.: MLMSS 7638/22X)

Realia

1976; Bronze medallion on wooden plaque, titled 'Beatrice Davis National Book Council "1976 Bookman's Award" and inscribed by the sculptor Michael Meszaros. Shows profile in relief of Beatrice Davis. Medallion accompanied by programme/menu of the Bookman's Award Dinner, Hyatt Kingsgate Hotel, Sydney, 3 Dec. 1976 (Call No.: MLMSS 7638/23X)

Reproduction Restricted

Photographs labelled by A. W. (Tony) Barker had been borrowed by him from Beatrice Davis and reproduced in his book, One of the First and One of the Finest: Beatrice Davis, Book Editor (1991)